NYC's Columbia University seeking to change 1920 fellowship bequest for whites from Iowa NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa.

Before arriving in Mobile, Ala. for a weekend trip to see that the city's not actually a miserable place, I received dozens of emails from Mobilians telling me I had to try the seafood while I was in town.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba politician wants obese people protected from discrimination under the province’s human rights code.
Jon Gerrard, one of only three Liberal legislature members, has introduced a private member’s bill to forbid discrimination based on people’s “physical size and weight.”
The code already forbids discrimination on other grounds such as sex, religion and disability.
Gerrard says no other jurisdiction in Canada prevents discrimination against obese persons, and Manitoba should lead the way.

Building upon the extensive testing and protocols already in use by
federal, state and local officials for the fishing waters of the Gulf,
NOAA and FDA have developed and are using a chemical test to detect
dispersants used in the Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill in fish,
oysters, crab and shrimp. Trace amounts of the chemicals used in
dispersants are common, and levels for safety have been previously set.